Hey there,
Welcome to tonight's sleep meditation.
Right now is a really good time to make your body so comfortable.
Our bodies always tend to get comfortable before our minds do,
But with time and awareness,
Our minds do eventually follow our body's lead.
What's important now is that you find your way into a state of deep relaxation,
Deep rest,
And deep sleep.
Notice how good it feels to be laying in bed.
Lay down in a way that your pillow feels so comfortable.
Lay down in a way where your blanket and your sheets feel so comfortable.
Really just feel your body melt and relax into the comfort of your bed.
Before too long,
You will just naturally fall asleep without even being aware of it.
All of a sudden,
You'll be waking up tomorrow knowing that you got deep,
Relaxing sleep.
Take a couple of intentional breaths,
Really breathing in as much as you can and breathing out slowly.
Every time you exhale,
Feel your body relax more and more.
When we move from being awake to being asleep,
That is the NREM cycle.
That beginning part of falling asleep is actually really important to prepare for deep sleep and really important for the physical recovery that exists in rest,
The way sleep nourishes our bodies.
Right now,
And even for the next hour,
If you aren't in a deep sleep but you are still asleep,
That's really crucial to the NREM cycle that follows.
Take a deep breath in and a big breath out and just know that before too long,
You will naturally fall asleep without even really being aware of it.
You will actually drop into that NREM cycle,
The cycle of deep,
Deep sleep,
Where all of your muscles are off the clock and the skeletal muscular systems don't work at all.
That state where you can have vivid dreams and in that state,
Your brain really is processing any emotions,
Your brain is truly processing recent and past experiences.
So getting to that state of deep NREM cycle sleep is so good for waking up feeling balanced mentally,
Feeling grounded and feeling present.
That is exactly why taking this time to fall asleep intentionally will be so helpful to how you feel when you wake up tomorrow.
There is a chance you aren't even awake right now.
Maybe you have already drifted into that first cycle of light sleep and even if you are asleep,
These words will still make some impression on your mind.
And if you are still awake,
I trust that in one or five or six minutes,
You will actually be asleep.
I trust that sleep is very,
Very close.
Keep your body relaxed.
Stay present with laying in your bed and how good that feels.
There is nothing to do and in fact,
You have done enough today.
What's important now is drifting into a deep,
Relaxing,
Comfortable sleep where your body and mind can rest,
Recover,
Relax.
And so you'll wake up tomorrow feeling rested and recovered.
Sometimes I know we've all experienced watching a movie that is pretty low stakes,
Not too engaging,
Not too many loud noises.
And we can often naturally,
Without even being aware of it,
Fall asleep with that noise in the background.
And although I wouldn't recommend that,
I know we've all experienced it.
I think a big reason for that is it's not our story.
We put the brakes on our story,
Which makes our brains less active.
You could never find the mental stimulation with a low stakes,
Quiet movie the way you can stimulate your mind by thinking about your own story.
To fall asleep,
Really the biggest thing is stopping the replay of your story.
Being present with your bed,
Being present with comfort,
And allowing both body and mind to relax into the present moment.
In the present moment,
You are laying in bed,
On your way,
Or very,
Very close to deep,
Relaxing sleep.
There's no reason to let your mind be anywhere else.
Just being right here,
Right now,
Is the best thing you can do.
And even though you're putting the brakes,
Putting a pause into your story,
Your brain can still be active,
But active in the way of sleep.
Not active in the way your brain will be tomorrow morning,
Tomorrow afternoon,
Tomorrow evening.
Active in the way our brains are when we sleep.
Your mind performs really important maintenance,
You can say,
When you sleep.
And your mind will work to process emotions and allow your body to completely shut down and physically recover.
Your mind will kind of consolidate all of your experiences and emotions to help you wake up feeling grounded and recharged.
Now is the time to drift off into a deep,
Comfortable sleep.
As you lay here,
Your head is heavy onto your pillow.
Actually feel your brain relax.
Feel all of the muscles throughout your neck let go of any effort.
Feel your jaw is relaxed.
As you lay here,
Both of your shoulders and both of your arms are just soft,
Free of tension.
Feeling like you're doing absolutely no work.
Even feel the fine tissue of your hands and your fingers completely effortless.
Feel the muscles around your lower back and your hips,
Where we can actually carry a lot.
There's so much movement,
Even on a somewhat lazy day.
Our hips,
Low back,
Always have a job,
But not right now.
Right now,
Feel all of the muscles in that area completely let go of all effort.
And just by completely choosing to relax your low back and your hips,
Both of your legs also find permission to relax.
Just by choosing to let your legs relax,
Your feet naturally relax.
This is time well spent.
This is the perfect way to spend the next six hours,
Seven hours,
Eight hours.
Be right here,
Right now.
Let rest be enough.
You deserve deep,
Uninterrupted,
Relaxing sleep.
